very, very true. It's a great time to be a spawnin' crappie. That being said, I do believe that flood control actually hurts the fish populations in some instances. If we hadn't gotten much rain, or any other year, the lakes would still be at winter pools...and that taint good for gettin' in the sack and makin' babies.

You know all the old-timers talk about how good the fishing was everywhere "back in the day". I'm sure that rising numbers of fishermen have made some difference, but I think that controlling every drop of water that heads south is a big factor. Nature usually has a way to taking care of itself...much more so than we can do! Oh well, just my thoughts...